News of the day (11.03.2014)

Big Fish has implemented Bitcoin support, Chartboost has started supporting product placement, Kongregate is launching a mobile game based on Game of Thrones – about this and much more in our digest of the industrial press for Tuesday, March 11.

Business

ChinaVision makes films and develops mobile applicationsA serious confrontation is unfolding between two Chinese online giants.

Alibaba acquired ChinaVision for $804 million, in which Tencent, Alibaba’s competitor, also has a stake.

http://www.techinasia.com/alibaba-buys-804-million-majority-stake-chinavision-tencent-owns-part/Big Fish has implemented Bitcoin support in its games.

http://recode.net/2014/03/11/big-fish-partners-with-coinbase-to-accept-bitcoin-in-online-games/Industry

Leonid Sirotin, general producer of Game Insight, told Kanobu that “free-to-play is part of the evolutionary development of the gaming industry.”

http://kanobu.ru/articles/free-to-play—igryi-pobeditelej–368004/Advertisement

Chartboost now supports product placement in games. 

http://recode.net/2014/03/10/chartboost-adds-video-and-product-placement-style-game-ads/Games

On http://craydays.com / a short but curious analysis of Puzzle & Dragons has appeared.

http://craydays.com/2014/03/11/puzzle-dragons/Kongregate launches a mobile game based on Game of Thrones.

http://www.gamezebo.com/news/2014/03/10/game-thrones-ascent-mobile-dated-winter-coming-spring999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors will appear on mobile platforms.

http://toucharcade.com/2014/03/10/999-the-novel-announced/Platforms

iOS 7.1 immediately warns users in the search results about the presence of IAP in games.

http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/App+Store/news.asp?c=58042Devices

On http://techcrunch.com / there is a review of the next Android console – GamePop.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/11/gamepop-review/